Agenda
Conservation Committee Meeting
February 26, 2020
Louden Nelson
6:30 – 8:30 PM
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Announcements of upcoming events
3. Additions or deletions from agenda
4. Review status of Castle Rock State Park trail changes
5. Review proposal to send a letter to Santa Cruz City Council requesting a resolution to ban leaf blowers
6. Determine issues that the Conservation Committee will address
The Conservation Committee works in concert with all committees of the group to address conservation issues. Some things come up and have to be handled immediately, while other things will be issues of interest to particular members.
Some issues that have been acted on by the Conservation Committee in the last year:
a. USMCA treaty lobbying with Jimmy Panetta’s office
b. Buy Clean California Act and cement plant monitoring lobbying with Mark Stone’s office
c. Castle Rock State Park trail modifications for mountain biking
d. Protection of Juristac Amah Mutsun tribal grounds from gravel quarry mining
e. San Lorenzo River management
f. Bird-safe building design standards
g. Cotoni-Coast Dairies management plan (BLM and State Parks)
h. Rail trail EIR review
i. Highway 1 EIR review
j. Downtown development EIR review
k. UCSC development EIR review
a. USMCA treaty lobbying with Jimmy Panetta’s office
b. Buy Clean California Act and cement plant monitoring lobbying with Mark Stone’s office
c. Castle Rock State Park trail modifications for mountain biking
d. Protection of Juristac Amah Mutsun tribal grounds from gravel quarry mining
e. San Lorenzo River management
f. Bird-safe building design standards
g. Cotoni-Coast Dairies management plan (BLM and State Parks)
h. Rail trail EIR review
i. Highway 1 EIR review
j. Downtown development EIR review
k. UCSC development EIR review
7. Sierra Club California action: Tell your representative to support the 100% clean economy act: https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/National?actionId=AR0220572&id=70131000001hRELAA2&_ga=2.172423399.595624862.1582089979-203720617.1563045991.
Next meeting: March 25, 2020